Saturday, March 26, 2011

A Delightful School Visit

Once upon a time, there were four beautiful and smart seventh-grade girls who loved to read. They banded together and formed a book club. Their fearless librarian recommended a book: I SO DON'T DO MYSTERIES. The girls dove in and were amazed to discover places in the book that were right by their school! An ostrich farm. A fruit stand. The Wild Animal Park.

The brilliant girls did a little online sleuthing and located the author. She was local. They emailed her.

And this is how yesterday's author visit to San Pasqual Union in Escondido came to pass.

Here I am with the book club. (Hint: I'm the more mature-looking girl in the green raincoat.)

I had a BLAST. Other students, teachers and parents joined our kick-back chit-chat. There was lunch, a HUGE bowl of licorice, a book signing and lots of laughter, chatter and questions.

Thank you, in alphabetical order, B, C, D and S! And, of course, a special thank you to Mrs. MacDonald, too!

Back at home, I admired my flowers and sign!


7 comments:

  1. Very cool, Barrie. Did they give you green gym shorts to match the green rain coat? It sounds like a wonderful time was had by all.

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  2. Getting to meet your readers is really one of the best things about writing. That group hug looks so warm!

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  3. This is so cool, Barrie! How wonderful that you fans got to meet you in person and you got to hang out with them. These are the perks of being a children's author. Yay, Barrie!

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